The Man Who Saw Everything (Paperback)

from mbmackay

A short, quirky book that grabbed me - I couldn't put it down. The central character is a young academic historian from a working class family and is set in 1988 and 2016. The book tells of some of his romantic relationships, both serious and casual, and thire various outcomes. But nothing in the...

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This was an interesting book. Part 1 set the stage and Part 2 was the morphine induced take on Part 1 but with more detail. Saul Adler, a confused beautiful man struggles to be happy. He always searches for happiness but it eludes him. This is one of those books that is hard to put down and well ...

from Helen.Callaghan

I was absolutely poleaxed by this book - beautifully written and doing a phenomenal amount with relatively few words. I don't want to say too much about it for fear of spoilers, but definitely my book of the year so far.

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This is not an easy book. The first half appears to be a fairly straightforward telling of young love and loss, careerism, and, of course, a minor accident at the famous Abby Road zebra crossing. But the second half becomes much more unsettling. Things are not what they seem, the timeline shifts ...

from RickGeissal

This book staggered me. I knew nothing about it in advance of picking it up. I found it fascinating, beautifully written, completely engaging, and populated by rich characters. It is one of those rare (for me) books that I will reread. I do not know how to tell anything of the substance or story ...